Bounce the standby database

Question

Hello,
I am using oracle10g with standby database. Here is the database version.
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bi
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.3.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
Now i want to increase the number of process in primary database. Primary needs downtime. But in this circumstances, should i bounce the standby?
Let me put all my questions here.
1. Should i bounce the standby at this scenario?
2. Here are the commands and sequence of steps to shutdown and start the database. Please correct me if i am wrong....
2a) shutdown the standby database first. (run this command in secondary)
connect / as sysdba
SQL>ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL;
SQL>shutdown immediate
2b) shutdown the primary(run this command in primary)
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET PROCESS=999 SOPE=spfile;
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE
2c) startup the primary
SQL> STARTUP
2d) Start the secondary database
connect / as sysdba
startup nomount
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT STANDBY DATABASE;
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION;
3) After start the database, how do i ensure, primary is shipping the archivelog to secondary?
Any help is highly appreciated...

Answer 1

+1. Should i bounce the standby at this scenario?+
Not required.
+2. Here are the commands and sequence of steps to shutdown and start the database. Please correct me if i am wrong....+
+2a) shutdown the standby database first. (run this command in secondary)+
connect / as sysdba
SQL>ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL;
SQL>shutdown immediate
+2b) shutdown the primary(run this command in primary)+
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET PROCESS=999 SOPE=spfile;
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE
+2c) startup the primary+
SQL> STARTUP
+2d) Start the secondary database+
connect / as sysdba
startup nomount
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT STANDBY DATABASE;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can just mount
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION;
+3) After start the database, how do i ensure, primary is shipping the archivelog to secondary?+
Check the alert log on the standby.
Instead you need not shut down the standby at all.
Edited by: user13403205 on Aug 31, 2010 9:04 AM